#BB97BC#BB97BC

#BB97BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.066 H 325.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97BC
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 188)
HSL	hsl(298, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(298, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, 19.90, -14.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 24.36, 324.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% 0.0547 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.066 325.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6361, 36.3297, 52.4389)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97BC #98BC97

analogous

#A997BC #BB97BC #BC97AB

triadic

#BB97BC #BCBB97 #97BCBB

tetradic

#BB97BC #BCA997 #98BC97 #97ABBC

square

#BB97BC #BCA997 #98BC97 #97ABBC

split-complementary

#BB97BC #ABBC97 #97BCA9

monochromatic

#825584 #A372A4 #BB97BC #D3BCD4 #ECE1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BB97BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#BB97BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97BC

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97BC	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9AA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.066 325.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb5d0',
    500: '#bb97bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97bc;
$custom-light: #cfb5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.378,
    "s": 21.637,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72125,
    "c": 0.06644,
    "h": 325.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97BC

secondary

#D2DDD1

accent

#A04548

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97BC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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